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Released on Island, also Mr. Brightside (The Killers), Somebody Told Me (The Killers) and Take Me to Church (Hozier)
Written by Don Covay, also Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin), See Saw (Aretha Franklin) and Mercy, Mercy (The Rolling Stones)
Produced by Steve Smith, also New Orleans (Gillan), From a Whisper to a Scream and Hey Julia
Part of Some People Can Do What They Like, also Gotta Get a Grip on You, Off the Bone and One Last Look
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Don Covay wrote 32 songs on fono
Steve Smith produced 22 songs on fono
Don Covay’s most frequent co-writer is Steve Cropper (4 songs together)
Don Covay first appears on fono in 1961, 15 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Don Covay
- Produced by
- Steve Smith
- Released on
- Island
- Written by
- Don Covay
- Produced by
- Steve Smith
- Released on
- Island
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Don Covay
Same producer: Steve Smith
Same label: Island
Same release: Some People Can Do What They Like
Same writer: Don Covay
Same producer: Steve Smith
Same label: Island
Same release: Some People Can Do What They Like
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Have Mercy was produced by Steve Smith
2MusicBrainz Have Mercy was written by Don Covay
3MusicBrainz Have Mercy is part of the release Some People Can Do What They Like
Have Mercy is part of the release Some People Can Do What They Like
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Island is the label of the song Have Mercy
Island is the label of the song Have Mercy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Have Mercy was released on 1976